Next BIG holiday

**Kablewizard** · 01-24-2005, 07:03 AM

It seems not to many are interested in Valentines day weekend. Dean and I were talking yesterday and said we may just shoot up to Pleasant Friday Night and stay till Sun.
The Next big one is Presidents Day Feb 21 the kids will be out of school and it will be a good time.... Any interest???????

**Kablewizard** · 01-24-2005, 07:03 AM

It seems not to many are interested in Valentines day weekend. Dean and I were talking yesterday and said we may just shoot up to Pleasant Friday Night and stay till Sun.
The Next big one is Presidents Day Feb 21 the kids will be out of school and it will be a good time.... Any interest???????

Don and Sarah · 01-24-2005, 11:51 AM

I work tht weekend and will heading for Las Cruses the 23 so I would be out.

**Kablewizard** · 01-24-2005, 05:12 PM

Howdy Don, nice to hear from you again. while in Las Cruses maybe you can stay away from my son who Lives there.

I will post here for any other happenings

Ken Lenger · 01-24-2005, 07:33 PM

I'm always interested if you can get something setup.

Don and Sarah · 01-25-2005, 07:24 AM

Jim, does he drive a 4x4? If he does he will be where I am, at least part of the time.

**Kablewizard** · 01-25-2005, 03:00 PM

No he spends most time on a quad and on a boat he works at that havardas place.

WaveMaker · 01-29-2005, 06:04 AM

So have you come up with a place yet??

**Kablewizard** · 01-29-2005, 08:43 AM

Nope

WaveMaker · 02-08-2005, 06:58 AM

Jim,

hey weve got to come up with a place (for the people who live far away and want to come too)
I myself just want to go camping... i dont care where.. so were gonna plan on going up to Lake Pleasent... there is a big paved parking area where ya can park your trailers and camp out its right by the lake (by the 10 boat launch)
i figured its the best place if we all want to stay close together.,.. if we dont then those people can go get a site... 3-4 weeks is a good time to put up a Camping weekend excursion message... we need to give time to the people to change there schedules and make time to go camping.. (Just my 2cents)

**Kablewizard** · 02-11-2005, 04:24 PM

Dean , Sorry it took so long to respond. We have been real busy. Some family matters and now Cheri has been sick all week and as of right now , my camper may have to stay home until next month.

. We cant be sure if she will be better until closer to the weekend.

Lake Pleasant sounds good to me. Anyone wanting to meet up there post here so we can get an idea of where we will be and how many. Cheri and I would like at least power and water, we can use totes for waste water. Let us know

Ken Lenger · 02-13-2005, 04:10 AM

For future reference, here is a copy of a post on the Northwood RV (Arctic Fox / Nash) forum for a group outing next month.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>I made it to the Roosevelt Lake area this weekend and also spoke with Quinton (the ranger). I've posted pictures of the Grapevine Group campground at http://groups.msn.com/OlanWade/grape...ampground.msnw . Thanks to Oilbrnr for the recommendation. Also thanks to Quinton, he gave me the combo to the gate and allowed me free access to check things out. The Grapevine Group area looks great and is nicely located to various recreation points (boating, hiking and Tonto Nat'l monument). There is also gas, propane and food in Punkin Center.

The rates for the group areas are as follows;

Heron and Pintail include 3 separate loops. We can reserve one of the small loops for $40 a night. The small loops have 6-8 spurs with picnic table and fire rings. The Heron and Pintail loops have a toilet house centrally located and have water. You may share the area with others from one of the smaller loops.

Goose, Grebe and Coot loops are large loops with central toilets, water and a pavillion. The large loops are $75 a night and can hold up to ~25 spurs with picnic tables and fire rings. The advantage to the large loop is that you have the entire loop.

A central shower/toilet bath house is available for the group area. A dump station is located on 188 at mile marker 249 across from the Cholla campground. For those of you interested in boating the boat ramp water depths can be found at the SRP site http://www.srpwater.com/dwr/report.asp?dt=2/4/2005 . I also included a picture of the boat ramp at Grapevine.

WHEN: I'd like to recommend an early date of March 5,6,7 (Sat - Mon).

RSVP: Please RSVP this week by Friday 2/11/2005. I'll call Quinton this Monday to pencil in for that date. BUT I need to know the exact number so that I can reserve the loop. There's a $10 reservation fee that I can put up. You can contact me via email at olanwade@msn.com to RSVP.

WHERE: Grapevine Group Campground, Roosevelt Lake, AZ

HOW TO GET THERE: I'd recommend if you're coming from the valley (Phx, Mesa, or Glendale) to take the 202 to Country Club (87) and go north (this is what's called the Beeline Hwy north of McDowell). Go approx 65 miles to 188. There is a rest area at the turn. Take 188 approx 40 miles (over the bridge and past 88 "The Apache Trail") to FR 84/Groupvine Group Site. The road is all paved and in excellent condition. From the north take 87 (from Strawberry) or 260 to Payson and south on 87 to 188. (FYI, I came out 188 south to Miami and then back into the valley in from the east on 60. Be fore warned, 188 is under construction south of the lake.) <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>